In Pronunciation^x, Accents^x

Hi,welcome to the forum.In many cases it is difficult to distinguish certain vowels. The sound could be either a schwa as in "run" or an "i" sound like in "did". But that depends on the accent too... Different accents have different vowel sets, and there are a lot of accents. Anyway, I was...

Royal999 wrote:1- best TTS?2- phonetics?3- real human sound? if yes, from where?Best TTS? I have no idea, since I'll never use one. TTS are meant for blind people, not ESL learners.Phonetics? What do you mean? If you want to know more about pronunciation and improve it, I have to say that the...

Hi, I have already posted a topic earlier where i asked for help with reducing accent. Another user wanted to get in contact with me but things didn't pan out. anyways with that behind us, I am wondering if there are any tips on how to learn proper RP pronunciation, and some training method...

Feebs11 wrote:Fuller is a relatively common name. As to pronunciation, Renee Fuller = ren-ee full-er I've never heard the name pronounced in an way other than the French: re-nay (accent on 2nd syllable).

Dear forum-ers, I was born in the UK and acquired the english language as a joint first language with arabic. My family moved back to our country when I was still a child, and although I always maintained a very high standard of spoken, and written english I unfortunately lost my accent. I...

According to John Wells at University College London: "I do not understand the proposed distinction between Mainstream RP and Contemporary RP (unless the writer thinks, wrongly, that ‘contemporary’ means ‘young’)." You can read more of what he says about it at:...

Quangtrungvtv wrote:if i have 12 hours a day to study englishGood, that's the only real way to learn English. Using it a lot (= most of the time).Tips:0) You should decide what variety you want to focus on (usually either British or American English), because there are some...

Anonymous wrote:Ok, I see you didn't get it. I will repeat it again. Accents and intonation aren't the same things. You can emphasize something without speaking a perfect accent, let's say American one. Just rise a pitch of your voice at the right place. This doesn't depend on a concrete...

Cvilla wrote: Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words...

Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words to add a bit...